Eye on Austin

Although most members of the Texas Senate were not on the chamber’s floor this morning, the Legislature officially adjourned today. The lawmakers will be back in session Tuesday, after a four-day Easter break.

Without any debate, the Texas Senate has given its final OK – third reading in legislature parlance – to a bill that would require Texans to show government-issued identification when going to the polls.

The voter identification bill that kept the state senators up all night last Tuesday will be back on the Senate floor tomorrow morning.

Senate Bill 362, which would require Texans to show government-issued identification before casting a ballot, was actually scheduled to be brought up for a vote this morning. However, the vote was delayed because Sen.